Monster collectors on the cross-platform

"Damn it, let go!" Just as the carving was about to be completed, the woman suddenly reached out and interrupted Huo Huan's actions.

Huo, caught red-handed, turned pale with fright. He wanted to break free but was afraid of getting hurt, leaving him in a dilemma.

The woman straightened up, and an eerie red color had spread throughout her body.

Only then did Huo notice the woman's abnormality; her entire body had turned red, and her pupils had begun to dilate, almost filling her entire eye sockets.

The woman grabbed Xiao Huo with her left hand and pushed him away forcefully with her right.

The force of the push was surprisingly great, and Huo was caught off guard and knocked to the ground.

Seeing Huo Huan fall to the ground, the woman slammed down on him like a mountain, followed by the sound of clothes tearing.

……

Several hours later, the woman sat comfortably on the edge of the bed, smoking a cigarette made from calming herbs to soothe her mind.

The woman's name is Elena, and her online name is Muyu Zhaozhao.

Elena is a hybrid leopard-person, as is her mother. Her biological parents disappeared before she was even born.

This also resulted in Elena having a human appearance with very few leopard-like features, and the traits that suddenly appeared before may have originated from her biological father whom she had never met.

Elena tossed aside her cigarette, got dressed, bent down and kissed Huo, who looked like a sage, before leaving.

Not long after, Elena returned with a nutritious meal and a fish-man.

"Come on, enchant it for me one more time."

The last attempt to depict the fish was interrupted by Elena at the last moment, so it was a failure and the fishman used as material was also consumed.

The same problem arises when portraying Elena again: in the end, Elena always ends up in an abnormal state.

After several experiments, Ho also discovered that Elena's abnormal state was a kind of extreme excitement, and the trigger was an unusual pain.

Although Huo Huan's 'rental' skill does not involve soul or bloodline modification, it inflicts a deep-seated pain on the recipient during the process.

It's no wonder that every customer is sweating from the pain; the pain in one's soul is far greater than the pain in one's body.

Elena didn't care at all, and even seemed to enjoy it, catching several fishmen every day to enjoy Huo's soul-wrenching 'massage'.

It was a bit tough for Huo Huan, as he not only had to portray Elena but also deal with her extreme excitement.

Fortunately, Elena was very sensible. Not only did she give Huo 200 coins as a reward for each drawing, but she also brought him various supplements and medicines.

This gave Huo the illusion that he was being kept by a sugar daddy.

I can't keep wasting my life like this. My addiction to alcohol and women has made me so haggard. I'm quitting drinking from today onwards!

Looking at himself in the mirror, Huo Huan, who had become noticeably thinner, resolved to quit drinking. Of course, this was just Huo Huan jokingly referring to himself.

However, this really can't continue. I haven't been to the training ground for more than ten days. I've been hanging out with Elena every day, which is indeed very comfortable.

"What's wrong?" Elena, who had just woken up from her sleep, saw Huo Huan looking in the mirror. Still half asleep, she walked behind Huo Huan and hung on him like a koala.

"Never mind, we'll talk about it tomorrow." Feeling the soft touch from behind, Huo sighed inwardly and hugged Elena from behind.

Huo Huan didn't get too caught up in the moment for long, because a message spread in the chat channel and caught his attention.

The Duchy of Taylor is in turmoil. The little princess of the Duchy of Taylor did not run away from home, but escaped after being imprisoned for murdering her mother.

Then, they stirred up a riot in Red Rock City, thereby gaining complete control of the city. Now, they are launching an attack on the capital from Red Rock City, and a scene of brother and sister killing each other is about to unfold.

Such royal infighting is not uncommon, and most players are not interested in participating in it because the Duchy of Taylor is just a subordinate duchy of the Red Lion Empire and its overall strength is not strong.

This means that the rewards offered by the online platform are not very high, and most players will not waste their time trying to earn such meager rewards.

This resulted in very few players being interested in the news, and even the player who provided the news was just passing by and didn't intend to get involved.

Huo was indeed interested in going over to take a look, because he had a feeling that this internal strife might be somewhat related to him, but unfortunately, there were no players who wanted to go, so Huo couldn't even find a place to hitch a ride on a ship.

If Huo goes alone, he doesn't know anything about navigation and will only get lost at sea.

Chapter 36 Blood Sacrifice

"You want to go to sea?" Elena noticed something amiss and asked directly.

"Yes, I want to visit the Duchy of Taylor," Huo said without hiding anything, stating his goal directly.

"I'll take you there as a thank you for taking care of me these past few days," Elena gave Huo a seductive look that almost made him lose control. He couldn't help it; after more than ten days, he had gotten used to it, and seeing that look made him want to do something.

After tidying up his clothes, he went to the mall and bought enough potions and supplies, and even bought a few scrolls with wide-range attacks to make up for Huo's lack of area-of-effect attacks.

Upon arriving at the dock, Elena showed off her car.

Elena's vehicle was not the ship that Huo had thought it was, but a single-person flying machine.

"Hold me tight," Elena floated slightly, opening her arms to Huo.

Huo was surprised by this mode of transportation and helplessly stepped forward to put his arm around Elena's waist.

Elena's aircraft was moving very fast, and the strong wind pressure made it impossible for Huo to open his eyes. He could only bury his head in Elena's chest.

In just a few hours, Elena took Huo from Game Island to Red Rock City, which was more than 10 times faster than taking a boat.

In Hongyan City, Huo was still standing on the city wall, looking down at the situation inside the city.

The once bustling Red Rock City was now nothing but bloodstains and empty houses.

"What exactly happened here?" Huo frowned. Less than three months later, Hongyan City seemed to have been massacred, yet not a single corpse could be found.

"Elena, take me to the capital," Huo said to Elena.

Elena picked up Huo and flew towards the capital. This time, at Huo's request, the flight speed was slowed down considerably.

Along the way, every village and town Huo passed through was covered in blood, and all the villagers had disappeared without a trace.

As they flew all the way to the capital, Huo Huan saw a streak of blood-red light shooting into the sky from afar.

Flying closer, one could see that the soldiers' corpses on the ground were melting into pools of blood like ice. The civilians in the city who were not yet dead were also struggling and falling down under the red light, and they began to dissolve like the soldiers' corpses.

Huo frowned and sped toward the center of the red light—the capital's castle.

What's happening before our eyes doesn't seem like a typical royal power grab; it's more like some kind of blood sacrifice formation.

They arrived at the castle gate without any obstacles. The castle gate was wide open, but there was still no one inside.

As I strolled into the castle, in the hall, a red figure sat on the throne, bathed in red light.

"Mr. Dante? It's been a long time. How have you been lately?" The figure on the throne suddenly spoke, with a hint of emotion at a long-awaited reunion.

"Are you Etris?" Huo asked hesitantly, looking at the somewhat familiar yet completely different face in front of him.

“It’s been months, and Mr. Dante has already forgotten me? That’s heartbreaking,” Etris said, making a tearful face.

"Did you kill the people in the city? Did you also start this blood sacrifice?"

"Of course, isn't it beautiful?" Etricia twirled around like a little girl with her hands behind her back, gazing in a daze at the red light in the sky.

"Why? Aren't they your subjects?"

"Why? Of course, it's for the ultimate evolution. If only Mr. Dante could have stayed with me all along, but alas..." Before Etris could finish speaking, an astonishing change occurred to her.

Originally about 1.6 meters tall, it began to grow longer, two long and sharp horns grew on its head, and a soft, silky tail appeared behind it. Its originally ordinary figure became plump and alluring, extremely seductive.

“This is a demon descendant, and it looks like a multi-blooded demon descendant.” Elena descended from the sky at some point and came to stand behind Huo Huan.

"Oh my, is this Mr. Dante's friend? Is it because of her that Mr. Dante didn't want to stay by my side?" Etris glanced at Elena, her slender tongue sweeping over her now-sharp canine teeth as she licked her rosy lips, her eyes filled with a hint of hostility.

"What do you want to do?" Elena looked at Huo Huan, completely ignoring Iris.

"Although I didn't kill those innocent people, I did save her life. I saved her back then, and now I'm going to take it back myself." Huo looked at the eerie Yi Cuisi and assumed a fighting stance.

“It’s really heartbreaking to hear Mr. Dante say that,” Iris said, one hand over her chest and the other gently stroking her face, looking utterly devastated.

Before Huo could even respond to the other's words, his muscles tensed, and he launched a preemptive charge to close the distance.

In the blink of an eye, Huo Huan had already appeared in front of Yi Cuisi, taking a step forward and throwing a punch straight at her face.

Etricia reacted just as quickly, crossing her arms to block her way.

As soon as they started fighting, Huo realized that his opponent's physical abilities were in no way inferior to his own, and judging from the defensive situation just now, his reaction speed was no slower than his own.

It's unbelievable that in less than three months, she transformed from a frail girl who couldn't even kill a chicken into someone no less capable than herself.

However, what I'm relying on now is not just speed.

Huo feinted past Yi Cuisi's defense, then pushed Yi Cuisi's chest with his left hand and used a sweeping kick to disrupt her balance, successfully knocking her to the ground.

Before Yi Cuisi could react, Huo gathered energy in his right fist and punched her hard in the abdomen.

In an instant, several forces erupted within Iris's body: water element, dark erosion, and penetrating force.

This punch contained all of Huo's power from when he joined the online community until now.

With just one punch, Iris couldn't take it, and blood spurted from the corner of her mouth.

"Ah!!" Yi Cuisi screamed as a burst of red energy erupted from her chest, shoving Huo Huan, who was holding her down, away.

Once Huo regained his footing, he noticed that Yi Cuisi's appearance had changed again.

A pair of bright red wings emerged from Iris's back, her pupils turned blood red, her body was covered with strange blood-red patterns, and the wound on her lower abdomen had completely disappeared.

"Warriors forged in blood, come to your queen's side!" Iris opened her arms, and a scarlet array unfolded beneath her feet. Within the array, nearly a hundred blood-red figures began to coalesce.

Seeing that the opponent seemed to be going all out, Huo didn't hold back and took a deep breath.

Having witnessed the power of Huo Huanlong's breath firsthand, Yi Cuisi quickly condensed a blood-red round shield in front of her.

The dragon's breath sliced ​​through the air and struck the blood shield, producing a sizzling, corrosive sound, and a faint stench filled the air.

The blood shield that Etrice hastily conjured was clearly insufficient to withstand Huo Huan's dragon breath. In less than 2 seconds, the blood shield was completely corroded.

Without the blood shield blocking it, the dragon's breath fell on Etris without any hindrance.

Chapter 37 Kill

"Ah!" The excruciating pain from the corrosive substance made Etricia scream.

As the dragon's breath subsided, to Huo's surprise, although Yi Cuisi looked miserable, with not a single patch of flesh on her body, she still stood in the hall, and her life force showed no signs of diminishing.

"Soldiers, stop them!" The blood shadows within the blood array finally coalesced, and one of them swung its longsword at Huo Huan.

With a nimble dodge, Huo dodged an attack from a blood-red shadow, and then smashed the opponent's head with a backhand punch.